Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

About Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivorans
Family: Phocidae

Sexual Dimorphism: Males are slightly larger than females.

Length:
Average: 1.8 m males; 1.5 m females

Weight:
Average: 130 kg males; 105 kg females
Smithsonian Institution

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

2004-06-20

Gwaai Haanas National Park, Canada
2006-06-03

Marin Headlands, United States of America
2006-09-24

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2007-04-11

San Diego - La Jolla, United States of America
2007-04-13

Heron's Head Park, United States of America

Trying to eat some kind of flat fish.
2007-09-23

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2008-01-17

Giants Park, United States of America
2008-08-24

Giants Park, United States of America

Seen outside the park in the bay.
2009-08-15

Big River, United States of America

We observed two of the seals herding a school of fish onto the shore for an easy meal.
2010-05-29

Saint George Island, United States of America
2010-06-11

Petersburg - Wrangell Narrows, United States of America
2014-03-11

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2014-07-21

Seward, United States of America
2014-07-22

Kenai Fjords NP--Aialik Bay-Aialik Glacier, United States of America
2014-08-23

MacKerricher SP, United States of America
2014-09-20

East Wash, United States of America
2014-11-18

Fort Funston, United States of America
2015-08-23

Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America

Seen near the beach in Half Moon Bay
2016-07-11

St. Shott's, Canada
2019-10-02

Orkney Islands, England
2021-01-30

Tomales Bay State Park, United States of America
2021-04-04

Elkhorn Slough, United States of America
2021-07-15

Southern Iceland, Iceland